Hitching device.



0.1. OLSON.

`HITCHING DEVICE. APLICATION FILED APR.Z, 15H8.

Patented June 4, 1918.

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"Befit known that; LOSOAR L. OLsoN,citi- 'zen of the United States,iresicliiig ati Bra- `ham,inthe'countyofilsanti and State of .'Minnesotmfhave invented a new and useful HitchingL-Device, of which the following is a;'specic ation., l f f .w1 -My invention relates to bitching devices *and theiobject i's-to provide means` `whereby the rope of :a bridleV or` haltercan .be quickly, easily fand eiiecti'vely secured to or loosened from a m'airger or" other place where a horse for other? animaliA is wanted. fastened.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is f ai fronti viewiv oi the device secured to the top "-edgefoil anianger wall 5.' Fig is` agright hand sidefviewfof Fig.l1V 3Fig". 43 is a view iisimilarto that `inFigL` butshow'ing the plunger 11 in its lower?position.` 'Fig'. 7. is section; on fthe: line e7 7f inpFig. i l: Fig. $8 is a detail view of the top part of F ig. 7 but shwingliow rp'eis clamped or pinched in the device. Fig. 9 is a detail top `end vi'eweithe-leverfl20f y numerals, 1 designates the main body portion of the device having an integral back plate 2 and a removable front plate' 3. The body 1 is let into a notch 4: (see Flg. 3) in the manger or other board or plank 5 where` the device is to be placed, and is secured by bolts 6 which pass through both plates 2 and 3 and the woodwork 5. The front plate 3 is secured to the main body 1 by machine screws 7 screwed into holes 8 (see Fig. 3).

The body portion 1 of the device is provided with two vertical slots or gaps 9 and 10, in the former of which is slidablyv mounted a plunger 11 having at its upper end a horizontal rope engaging extension 12 adapted to en age the upper side of a rope 13 (see Fig. 8 in a groovelt in its under side. A spring 15 tends to hold the plunger 11 in its upper position, as shown in Fig. 5, but it is normally held in its lower position by a bolt 16 engaging the notch 17 in the side of the plunger. `Said bolt 16 is slidably mounted in the main body 1 (see Fig. 4) and is held in engaging position fr limitarne" envien steamed of referment. Patented n1-n 4,1918, i yApplication iled April 2, 1918." SerialfNox226g15l. i

with thefnotchill aspring 18.` f Theeopl crator can release the bolt -17 by pushing a ingeivplate19,with `which it is integrahto t'hefleft; which allows the plunger'11 torise,

and -thus releases Pthe rope 13. The spring f18-shouldibe sufficiently stiiito prevent accldentalmoiringof; theplate19by an animal secured with the bitching v device. .,.lInwtheslotiorgap 10 ispivotally mountcdat'20a ailever lr20 4which isnormally held in vertical position i (see Figs. 3 and 7 by awspring 21.4 11n-one sidefofsaid lever is `-fiired ampin 22 adapted to slide'in a segmental Slot 23in a partition 2&1- between lthe `:twofgaps y9and `10.` Said pin 22 is long "enough: to reach' intothe gap 9` and: engage ;asquare Aor oblong aperture 25 `in the plunger-ll. The irontplate 3 is provided `with a notch 26 to'a-llowroom-` forthe rope `=13 (see-Figs; 1, Tand 8.)- andthe-back plate 2 is provided. with. deep notch 27 and the lever 2O is: also;Y providedl with. a -notchl28- to i clear the dterminal of the notch 27 `when said .lever is swung to; the position shown in Fig.

vided i with angular corrugations" 29 i `(see Fig. `9)', `corresponding to the lstrandsl ofv the rope which is then more rmly pinched be- @tween the:leverf20fandthe/groove '14. Referring to the drawing by refe`re`--ncell 'f ilIn'the operation of the device, when it is desired to secure a bridle or halter rope in the device the plunger 11 is in its upper position, as shown in Fig. 5. The rope to be secured is stretched between the two hands and is brought to bear down upon the lever 20 and pulled rearwardly so as to swing said lever 20 to the position shown in Fig. 6. This movement causes the pin 22 to move the plunger 11 down until the spring-pressed bolt 16 engages the notch 17. When this is done the rope is released by the hand and is moved up into the notch 14 by the lever 20 which is raised by a spring 21. The lever and rope then assume the positions shown in Fig. 8, where it is obvious that the rope could not be pulled out to the left (the left end of the rope being the one secured to the animal). To release the rope it is only necessary to move the finger plate 19 to the left against the spring 18 until the bolt 16 disengages the notch 17, which. allows the plunger 1l to spring up, thus disengaging the notch 14 from the rope and leaving the latter loose upon the top end of the cam acting lever 20..

adapted to `the lower pinching lever when 1n a lowered What l claim is: d l. A hitching device comprising a suitable casing, a lower pinching member pivoted within the casing,` a vertically slidable upper pinching member mounted within the casing and adapted to pinch a rope between itself` and the lower pinching member, and means for releasing the upper pinching member when so desired.

2. A hitching device comprising a suitablecasing, an upper rope pinching member adapted to be lowered into an engaging position and adapted to be raised into `disengaging position, a lowercam acting pinching lever pivoted within the casing and adapted `to pinch a rope between itself and the upper pinching member whenthe latter is in engaging position, operative connection between `the upper pinching member and the lower pinching lever for bringing the former into engaging position by a swinging movement of the latter on its pivot.

3. A hitching device comprising a suitable casing, a lower pinching level` pvoted Within the casing, a vertically slidable upper Qinchin member mounted in the casin` and l pinch a rope between itsel and position, spring-actuated means for causing the upper pinching member to assume an upper disengaging position, o erative connection between the upper pine ing member and the lower pinching lever for bringing the i'ormer into engaging position by a swinging movement of the latter on its pivot, hand controlled means for holding the upper pinching member in and for re- Copiesof this patent mayI be obtained for five cents each, by addressing' the commissionato-1 Patents,

leasing it from its lowered engaging position.

4. The structure specified in claim 3,said hand controlled means having a spring throwing it into engagement with the upper pinching member and a finger catch to take hold of to disengage it against the resistance of said spring.

5. A hitching device comprising a frame' from the cam jaw, a spring closed finger catch arranged to engage and hold the slido able jaw inactive position, a spring arranged to retract said sliding jaw into idle position when theiinger catch-is disengaged from it. i y

6. The structure speciedin claim 5 and' operative connectionbetween the two jaw members whereby the swinging of the cam` shaped jaw into idle position causes the other jaw to move into active position and 'interlock `automatically .with the vnger` catch, and thus be ready to meet one side of vthe strap when the cam jawis returned by its spring into active i position against the other side of the strap. v

In testimony whereof-I aiix my signature.

osoAR L. oLsoN.

Washington, D. 0. 

